Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

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explained this in his book of seeds.
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A WILD herb common in aSi our hedges, and
known by sticking to people's clothes as thev touch.
it. The stalks are square and very rough, two
feet long, but weak and unable to support them-
selves ; they climb among bushes. The leaves arc
long and narrow, and of a pale green; they grow
several at every joint, encompassing the stalk in the
maimer of the rowel of a spur; they are rough
in the same manner with the stalk, and stick to
every thing they touch. The flowers are small
and white ; the seeds grow two together, and are
roundish and rough like the rest of the plant ; the
root is fibrous.
The juice of the fresh lierb is used ; it cools the
body, and operates by urine ; it is good against tlie
scurvy, and all other outward disorders. Some
pretend it will cure the evil, but that is not true,
The Clove Bark-Tree. Cassia caryophylata,
A TALL and beautiful tree, native of the West
Indies. Thetrunkis covered with a thick brown
bark, that of the branches is paler and thinner-
The arms spread abroad, and are not very regularly
disposed ; the leaves are oblong, broad, and sharp-
pointed ; they are like those of the bay-tree, but
twice as big, and of a deep green colour. The
flowers are small and blue ; they arc pointed with
streaks of orange colour, and are of a fragrant
smell ; the fruit is roundish ; we use the bark,
which is taken from the larger and smaller branches,
but that from the smaller is best. It 13 of afragran*